Day 7 Last day in London - mostly Sophie, wrapup by Papaw

Today was our last day in London. We decided that we wanted to relax today before our long flight tomorrow. We spent our morning playing cards in our hotel room.


After that, we went for a long walk and saw some of the major highlights of London, including Big Ben, the Two Houses of Parliament (top picture), and Trafalgar Square (bottom picture). 



On our way back to the hotel, we walked through the St. James Park. The birds were very friendly, esp the green parakeets.  People were feeding them and parakeets were flying down to sit on their hands and heads!


Finally, we ended today with a fancy dinner at the hotel restaurant, called The Pem. The food was very interesting...


We had planned to go to Westminster Abby tomorrow at 8 for a communion service before we leave for the airport.  But we learned tonight that London's time changes tonight, spring forward an hour, we lose an hour of sleep.  So we have to drop this plan and depart early for the airport.



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